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Show I I Cadmus Club studies Christmas custom Vice President Catherine Rees welcomed members of Cadmus Club to the Christm as program and dinner which was held at the Senior Sen-ior Citizens Center on Dec. 14. Dinner was served on festive tables beautifully decorated with holly and Nativity scenes from different dif-ferent countries. Joyce Sumner introduced the program. The theme was "Christmas Traditions From Other Countries." Joyce told of how the people in Kosrae, a village on a small island in Micronesia in the South Pacific, celebrate Christmas. She showed slides of the preparation of the feast, the people in their colorful costumes participating in the sing ing of their Christmas carols and the other festivities of their island. Afton Miller related her experiences experi-ences at Christmas time in Nigeria, Africa. She showed pictures and played a recording of their native Christmas dinner guests playing musical instruments and singing their native songs of celebration. Edna Holdaway told of traditions tradi-tions from South America and Mexico. She had the guests break a pinata, one of the customs we get from Mexico. Many of us have our roots in Scandinavia and were very interested inter-ested in Effie Adams' account of the many traditions that come from that area. Drucilla Smith told of t, customs and tradition . mn . Britain that we h f Gr" gave a story ofa c JPH She Day in Wales as seen - as eyes of a young boy e A very special and thrill; of the program wastC nBpa mshed by Cindy Bik fl 1Cfur- ;' Gillman,accompyani:dk0 Cindy ; by Catherine Rees T?nthePian0 v duet of three ChristiW Sang 9 -; sob by Cindy SSjM Redeemer," was a verv ' conclusion to the progr1 Chairman of the rt ? Party was Joyce L ' Edna Holdaway and" n Oveson assisting. enna |